Yahoo has launched a new browser for Apple’s mobile devices called Axis . The browser, which is also available on desktops through plug-ins for the four major browsers, is designed to let you move between your devices and look at the same searches. Read full article > >
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Yahoo launches Axis browser
As he receives his knighthood, Apple’s design head Sir Jonathan Ive stresses his desire to stay at the company.
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Sir Jonathan reaffirms Apple role
Jonathan Ive says he is “fortunate” to be Apple’s chief designer
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AUDIO: Apple’s Jonathan Ive: ‘Beauty works’
Apple's prized product designer Jonathan (“Jony”) Ive is a constant source of fascination among the press — doubly so after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Apple designer ‘winces’ over choices
Jonathan Ive – the British designer behind Apple’s iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad – is knighted at Buckingham Palace.
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Apple’s Jonathan Ive is knighted
LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple’s dominance in India.
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VIDEO: The low-cost tablets battling Apple
A weekend story from the New York Times shared a surprising statistic: Apple paid just $3.3 billion on $34.2 billion of profits last year — giving it a tax rate of just 9.8 percent. The report, which points out that nearly every major technology firm has its share of tax tricks up its sleeve, says Apple accomplishes this feat with a two-pronged tax strategy. For domestic sales, the company pays profits as a royalty on a subsidy it owns in Ireland, which are then routed to a tax haven. For overseas sales, the company uses a second Irish subsidy, routes the profits through The Netherlands to avoid European taxes, and then sends its profits to its tax haven via the first Irish subsidy. (This strategy is called the “Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich,” the report says. ) Read full article > >
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Apple’s tax rate: 9.8 percent?
Sales in China helped lift overall iPhone sales by 88 percent over the same quarter a year ago, Apple said Tuesday, dispelling fears that sales would lag in nations with lower annual incomes.
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Apple’s Profit Nearly Doubles as iPhones Sales Soar
For consumers, the news that the Department of Justice is suing Apple and several publishers, accusing them of price-fixing, boils down to one kitchen-table question: Will this mean my e-books will get cheaper?
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Will Apple suit mean cheaper e-books?
Tech giant Apple surpasses $600bn (£379bn) in value for the first time, affirming its position as the most valuable US firm in the world.
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Apple’s market value hits $600bn
More than half a million Apple computers have been infected with the Flashback Trojan, malware designed to steal personal information.
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Thousands of Macs ‘hit by Trojan’
An independent probe finds “significant issues” over working hours, pay and safety on Apple production lines in China, but says improvements will be made.
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China factory report blames Apple
A senior Chinese politician calls for foreign companies to “pay more attention” to workers as Apple chief executive Tim Cook visits a supplier.
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Apple’s Cook visits China factory
